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MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana received $1.8 million from the Department of Education to support the development of rural health care workers and to combat rural shortages. UM will partner with rural school districts to incorporate dual enrollment, apprenticeships and credit for prior learning to keep students...

Tonight, the Big Sky state games kicked off at Daylis Stadium with the torch lighting and historical Montana Mile. Duels between teammates headlined both races. Tonight, the Big Sky state games kicked off at Daylis Stadium with the torch lighting and historical Montana Mile. Duels between teammates headlined both races.

The 2024 Montana Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournament is in the Books! Owen Wilcox Tells How He and Teammate Ziek Gordon Caught First Place!. This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale caught up with Owen Willcox to talk about how he and his teammate Ziek Gordon pulled off a fantastic come from behind victory! Owen called in from the banks of Lake Oahe outside of Pierre, South Dakota where he and Ziek had just finished doing some pre-fishing for the 50th South Dakota Governor’s Cup Walleye Tournament. This is a fascinating podcast as Owen goes into great detail about how he and Ziek overcame one of the toughest Walleye Bites that the Gov Cup has seen in a very long time! You will learn how Owen and Ziek were able to somehow get into seventh place with just three fish at the end of Day One of the tournament. Then you will hear about the discussion that Own and Ziek had that night. They decided to throw caution and their original plan to the wind and head to…. Well, you will have to click here to listen to the podcast to find out where they went and how they went from being in 7th place and almost 18 pounds behind the leaders to winning the whole thing! What were they using on the end of their lines to pull that off? How many fish did they have to catch to get to get that magic 5? What was their final winning weight? When you click here and listen you will learn the answers to those questions and many others. Plus, you will also learn about Owen’s career as young professional fisherman on the National Walleye Tour! This was a VERY interesting part of the podcast as well since we rarely get to learn about tournaments outside of Montana. The National Walleye Tour takes Owen all across the country including the Great Lakes and even as far east as New York. Owen even gave some advice for other young men and women that might want to give the National Walleye Tour a try! Owen is only 20 years old but he is wise way beyond his years when it comes to fishing. Whether you fish tournaments a lot or never have you will for sure learn something from this podcast!

Wickens Salt Creek Ranch of Hilger has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Montana Leopold Conservation Award®. The award honors ranchers, farmers, and forestland owners who go above and beyond in the management of soil health, water quality, and wildlife habitat on working land. Wickens Salt Creek...

When someone tells you to be cool, they're not kidding. In Farmer Finishers this week, a word of caution: anything and everything will start a fire. I responded to one this week at the shooting range north of Billings. Anything could trigger a blaze that we could end up fighting for months. They are starting to get a handle on some of the largest fires in Montana. In the Lewis and Clark Forest, they have one about 25% contained, and the same with the one in Rosebud County. They did open the Tongue Reservoir but are advising it’s smoky, as you can imagine.

In general, agencies MTN spoke to Friday said they didn’t have major impacts from the outage, but they kept a close eye on the situation throughout the day.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering assistance to several central Montana counties after a severe winter storm and flooding swept through the area in early May. The money will be available to state, tribal, and local governments and some nonprofits to repair or replace buildings damaged in the storm.

Halloween Decorations Are Already On Sale In Montana Stores. It seems that retail stores all across the Treasure State are putting out seasonal decorations earlier and earlier every year. I was in Missoula over the last few weekends and stopped into Cracker Barrel for some grilled catfish. I couldn't believe...

Three ballot initiatives, two that could change the way candidates are selected in primary elections, as well as one to enshrine reproductive rights in the Montana Constitution, crossed an initial threshold, signaling that all three measures will likely be before voters in the 2024 general election in November. Montanans for Election Reform and Montanans Securing […] The post Three ballot measures cross signature threshold to be included in Montana’s November election appeared first on Daily Montanan.

The drought of 2021 was hard on nearly all of state agriculture, which included a hay shortage. Now throw in a con man to further hurt family operations. Jory D. Parks of Logan, Kansas pulled a fraud on Facebook, advertising hay in large quantities for sale, and offering to deliver into Montana and Wyoming. He received advances from ranches desperate for hay for their livestock. You guessed it, Parks pocketed the funds for his personal and business use, without delivering the forage.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 72-year-old man picking huckleberries in Montana shot and killed a grizzly bear after it attacked in a surprise encounter and injured him badly enough that he had to be hospitalized, authorities said Friday. The man was alone on national forest land when the adult female charged him Thursday. He suffered significant injuries before killing the bear with a handgun, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials said. The bear was likely reacting defensively to protect cubs, agency spokesperson Dillon Tabish said. Wildlife workers set out game cameras in the area to try to confirm the presence of any cubs. If cubs are found, it’s uncertain if they would be captured because it is difficult to find facilities qualified to take them, he said.

Calling it the worst-kept secret in Montana politics, Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Chris Gallus said that a dispute between the executive director of Montana Democratic Party and Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen was the first time either party challenged what has been a 30-year legal “loophole,” exploited by both parties. In a 51-page analysis, […] The post Political practices commissioner says he won’t take action on ‘the worst kept secret’ in Montana appeared first on Daily Montanan.

A cutthroat trout caught on a western Montana river. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced a river closure and a couple of additional “hoot-owl” fishing restrictions, designed to protect trout when water temperatures get too warm or water quality drops. A full...

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A smoky sky set the scene for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s fire briefing on Tuesday, July 16. Standing on a boat launch beside Canyon Ferry Lake, Gianforte listened to updates on the Horse Gulch Fire from Incident Commander Scott Schuster. The report marked the first day the fire was brought under partial containment.

HELENA, Mont. — The Montana unemployment rate remained at 3.1% in June, while the national unemployment rate rose to 4.1%. There were 1,600 payroll employees added in June. Consumer Price Index declined 0.1% in June, and gasoline fell 3.8%. Gov. Greg Gianforte's Office sent out the following:. Governor Greg...

Before she stopped using drugs for good, Cierra Coon estimates that she overdosed eight times in a span of two weeks in the fall of 2022. One of those times, the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone helped save her life. She was riding in a car on the back roads...

BOZEMAN — The Montana 4-H Foundation recently announced that it has awarded nearly $40,000 in scholarships to 45 graduating 4-H members and alumni. The recipients, from 28 Montana counties and tribal areas, can use the scholarships for post-secondary education during the 2024-2025 academic year. Scholarship recipients were recognized July 11 at the 2024 Montana 4-H Congress held on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman.

MONTANA - Western Montana remains under a Weather Alert for excessive heat over the weekend and into the coming week with temperatures in areas like Missoula Valley to surpass 100-degrees for multiple days. Very dry conditions remain with this extended heat pattern, aside from a slight chance of scattered thunderstorms...